On the advice of Jashue, I decided to register here to seek help for my Mac releated issues as they present themselves.<br><br>I recently purchased an Airport Express base station only to find that it won't run on my iMac (800 mHz G4 iMac) running OS X 10.3.9. <br><br>What's worse is that under the detailed System profile screen, I see that there is no evidence that there is an airport card on this machine (under airport card, it says "no information found"). Jashue has virtually the same model iMac, and he told me that his came with a card. If it has one, it would say so, right? When did airport cards come standard on Macs? <br><br>A new machine is not in my immediate future-- I might be a year away. I just want to be able to get internet access on my wife's iBook (work provided). <br><br>

The cards are only $50 at Apple now. But, isn't that the dome, lamp, iMac he's talking about. I think that would be a hellion to try and install a card in. Don't know that fer sure, though.<br><br>OOps! I'm wrong about Apple having them. But I found one on eBay and Google has others for $79/$89<br><br>http://tinyurl.com/29ndzm<br><br><br><P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by starmillway on 03/09/08 05:31 PM (server time).</EM></FONT></P>

I was thinking those soccer ball iMacs are a nightmare to crack. I think he could also get buy with a usb airport doodad, but they are more money. <br><br>Maybe sell the iLamp on eBay, and use that money and airport money to buy a modern computer?<br><br><br>The Bill of Rights doesn't grant us our rights, it merely enumerates them.

He's not going to get a modern computer just yet (but boy will he be glad when the time comes!).<br><br>The advice I gave him today was to bite the bullet and get a time capsule. It has a lan port so that he may connect directly to the router (no airport needed), plus he'll have an external drive on which to back stuff up (albeit manually), which is never a bad idea. <br><br>When he gets a new computer, he'll get to enjoy the fruits of Time Machine. <br><br>Sound advice? <br><br>

I dunno. There are a lot of G5 iMacs out there for the same money as a Time Capsule. Then he's have his wifi and a lot of other stuff. Then he could pick up an external drive for low money, sell the iLamp, and be running smoothly. <br><br><br>The Bill of Rights doesn't grant us our rights, it merely enumerates them.

I thought about that. But by his own admission, he'll be shelling out the dough for a brand spanking new machine in a year or so. I thought that he might better just purchase this very important peripheral rather than get a machine that might not be supported before too long (a G5). <br><br>Unless I'm mistaken, he doesn't do back ups (big mistake-- are you reading this Bruno?) and it would be a shame if he lost all the pix and movies of those terrific kids of his (are you reading this, Bruno ). <br><br>The again, all this could be an incidence of transference. I myself long for a Time Capsule (or at least an external HD that would play nice with my APE and Time Machine. It could be that I'm superimposing my needs upon his. Ya think?<br><br>Nah.... He should be doing backups of some sort. And the Time Capsule wont soon become obsolete!<br><br>

Should you decide to buy an Airport card for your iMac, the installation process is quite simple. Removal of the user access panel will expose the Airport and RAM slot. Simply install the card and replace the access panel. You will need a #0 Phillips screwdriver, generally found in those commonly available jeweler's screwdriver sets.<br><br>- alec -

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